(40917) Pauljorden Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 9 October 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Paul Jorden (b. 1951) has a unique career that has included leadership positions in the scientific community (Royal Greenwich Observatory) and industry (e2v technologies). His teams have developed state-of-the-art imaging sensors and applied them to ground-based and space astronomy over a period of more than three decades.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2016-02-22), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Pauljorden is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Pauljorden is 3.42 au from the Sun and 2.94 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 40917 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 TW156 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.09 km (#7,522 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0610 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.42 |
| Orbital period | 5.53 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.13 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.78 – 3.47 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.110 |
| Inclination | 3.95° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.80 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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